Sammy Hagar and Paul Stanley to Teach Punters How to Rock

School of Rock or just camp?

Gene Simmons' partner in high crimes, Paul
Stanley, will be the latest guest star on VH1’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp. The second season premieres on Saturday,
August 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, where a new group of “Average Joes” will get a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put their own music skills to the test to see
if they have what it takes to “rock ‘n’ roll all night and party every day,” to
quote the sainted Stanley.

Hosted by Vanguard artist Kimberly Caldwell, 15 soon-to-be rock musicians—broken into three groups—will compete to see if they can
actually make the leap from civilian to rock god with the help of camp
counselors Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, and producer Mark Hudson. For one week
each group will have the opportunity to learn some tricks from special guest
stars who will share some of their own secrets and tips on making it. And yes,
they will be instructed on exactly how to put on the right amount of black nail
polish.

Among those exalted rock sensei are the aforementioned
Stanley, Sammy Hagar, Marky Ramon, and Phil Collen from Def Leppard. Each week, each of the five contestants
will have to give a performance in front of a group of rock star judges, then they still have a final test: The band voted best by the
fans will win the opportunity to perform with Sammy Hagar.

Jaan Uhelszki was one of the founding editors at Detroit’s legendary Creem magazine. Since that time, her work has appeared in USA Today, Uncut, Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, Relix, and Guitar World. She is the only journalist to have ever performed in full makeup with Kiss. Luckily she only had to put…